Trinta anos da área de proteção ambiental (APA) da serra de Baturité, Ceará: cafeicultura, turismo e empreendedorismo sustentável

Abstract

Into the brazilian steppe-savannah, or caatinga, is found Serra de Baturité, a geological formation that houses the first and biggest Ambiental Protection Area (APA) of the state of Ceará. Created in 1990, the Conservation Unit (C.U) has as basilar objectives: the sustainable use of it's natural resources and the protection of the local biological diversity. Given the above, it was opted for to analyze: What is the eco-socioeconomic impact of the implantation of Baturité's APA in the last five years (2015-2020). The study contemplates the theoretical-mothodological criteria of exploratory-descriptive bibliographic research, whit in loco findings. The spatial cutting comprises the counties of Guaramiranga, Mulungu e Pacoti. The capitlist logic of urbanization, the turistic and/or real estates exploration has been causing negative impacts both for the physical-environmental space and for the socioeconomic and cultural environments. However, it was found that the mitigating and/or compensatory measures inserted with the creation of the Baturité's APA have contributed to reducing the impact on the local ecosystem and increasing the environmental awareness of social subjects, in addition to favoring entrepreneurship oriented to sustainability, with emphasis on the production of agroecological coffee.